Cars: 1895–1965

By Lou Phillips

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9781456892944

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Contents

ABC (Autobuggy)1909-10

AEC (Anger) (Advance) 1913-14

Abbott (Abbott-Detroit) 1909-18

Acadia 1904

Acason 1918-25

Ace 1920-22

Acme (Reber) 1902-03

Acme 1903-10

ACME 1908-09

Adams 1911

Adams-Farwell 1904-13

Adria 1921-22

Advance 1909-11

Aerocar 1906-08

Aerocar (Taylor Aerocar) 1971

Ajax (Electric) 1901-03

Ajax 1914-15

Ajax (Ajax-Nash) 1923-26

Aland 1916-17

Albany 1907-08

Alco 1905-13

ALDO 1910-11

Allen 1913-14

Allen 1914-22

Allen-Kingston 1907-09

Allstate 1952-53

All-steel (Alstel) 1915-16

Alpena (Alpena Flyer) 1910-14

Alsace 1920-21

Alter 1914-17

Amalgamated 1917-19

Ambassador 1922-26

Amco 1919-20

America 1911

American 1902-03

American 1911-12

American 1914

American (American Junior) 1916-20

American 1916-24

American 1912

American 1914

American Austin 1930-34

American Bantam 1935-41

American Electric 1899-1902

American Juvenile Electric 1907

American Mercedes 1904-07

American Mors (Standard) 1906-09

American Motor Sleigh 1905

American Simplex 1906-10

American Steam Car 1929-31

American Steamer, 1922-24

American Tri-Car 1912

American Underslung 1906-14

American Waltham, 1898-99

Ames 1910-15

Amplex 1910-15

Ams-Sterling (Sterling New York) 1915-17

Anchor 1910-11

Anderson 1907-09

Anderson 1916-26

Anger (Advance), (AEC) 1913-14

Angus (Fuller) 1908-10

Anhut 1909-10

Ann Arbor 1911-12

Anna 1912

Ansted (Lexington) 1926-27

Apollo 1906-07

Apollo (Vetta Ventura) 1962-65

Apperson 1902-26

Ardsley 1905-06

Argo (Hackett) 1914-16

Argo 1912-14

Argonaut 1959-63

Argonne 1919-20

Ariel (Maryland) 1905-06

Armac 1905

Arnolt (Arnolt-Bristol) 1953-64

Arrow 1914

Arrow 1914

Asardo 1959

Ashville 1914-15

Atlas 1907-13

Atlas-Knight 1911-13

Auburn 1900-37

Auburn-Moore (Moore) 1906

Aultman 1901-02

Aurora 1906-08

Aurora 1958

Austin (American Austin) 1901-21

Auto-Bug 1909-10

Autobuggy (ABC) 1909-10

Autocar 1897-1911

Autocycle 1907

Autocycle 1913

Autoette (Manistee) 1910-13

Autoette 1913

Autoette 1952-57

Automatic 1921

Automatic 1905-08

Automobile Voiturette (Gasmobile) 1899

Automotor 1901-05

Auto Red Bug 1925-29

Auto Tri-Car 1914

Avanti (Studebaker) 1962-63

Avanti II 1965-98

BEL 1921

BCK (Kline Kar) 1910-12

BDAC (Buckmobile) 1903-05

BLM 1906-07

Babcock 1909-13

Babcock 1906-12

Badger 1908-10

Badger 1910-12

Bailey 1907-15

Bailey (Bailey-Perkins) 1907-10

Baker 1899-1916

Baker 1917-24

Baker-Bell 1913

Balboa 1925

Baldner 1901-03

Baldwin 1899-1902

Ball 1902

Balzer 1894-1900

Banker (Banker Juvenile Electric) 1905

Banker 1905

Banner Boy Buckboard 1958

Bantam 1914

Barbarino 1924-25

Barley 1922-24

Barnes 1907-12

Barnhart 1905

Barrows 1897-98

Bates 1903-05

Bay State 1906-07

Bay State 1922-24

Beach 1962-70

Beardsley 1915-17

Beaver 1916-23

Beebe 1906

Beggs 1918-23

Beisel 1914

Belden 1908-09

Bell 1915-21

Bellefontain 1908

Belmont 1909-12

Belmont 1916

Ben Hur 1916-18

Bendix 1907-09

Benham 1914-17

Benner 1908-09

Berg 1902-05

Bergdoll 1908-13

Berkshire 1905-13

Bertolet 1908-12

Berwick 1904

Beverly (Upton) 1904-07

Biddle 1915-23

Billiken 1914

Billy Four 1909

Binney-Burnham 1901-02

Birch 1917-23

Birmingham 1921-22

Black 1903-09

Black Diamond (Buckmobile) 1904-05

Blackhawk 1902-03

Blackhawk (Stutz) 1927-29

Blakeslee (De Mars) 1905-06

Bliss 1901

Bliss 1906

Blomstrom 1907-09

Blood 1903-05

BMC Sports 1952

Bobbi-Kar 1945-47

Bobsy 1962-68

Bocar 1958-60

Borbein 1903-07

Borland (Borland Grannis) 1903-13

Boss 1903-07

Boston & Amesbury 1903-04

Boston High Wheel 1907

Bour-Davis 1915-22

Bowman 1921-22

Bradley 1920-21

Bramwell 1902-04

Bramwell-Robinson 1899-1901

Brasie (Packet) 1914-17

Brazier 1902-04

Brecht 1901-03

Breer 1900

Bremac 1932

Brennan 1907-08

Brew-Hatcher 1904-05

Brewster 1915-25, 1934-36

Briggs & Stratton 1919-23

Briggs-Detroiter (Detroiter) 1912-15

Briscoe 1914-21

Broc 1909-16

Brogan 1946-48

Brooke-Spacke 1920-21

Brown 1914

Brownie 1916-17

Browniekar 1908-10

Brunswick 1916

Brush 1907-13

Bryan 1918-22

Buckaroo 1957

Buckeye 1891

Buckles 1914

Buckmobile (Black Diamond) 1903-04

Buffalo 1912-15

Buffalo 1901-06

Buffalo 1900-02

Buffum 1901-07

Buggycar 1907-09

Bugmobile 1909

Buick 1903-Present

Burdick 1909-10

Burg 1910-13

Burns 1908-11

Burrowes 1905-08

Burrows 1914

Bush 1916-24

B-Z-T 1914

CB 1917-18

CPT 1906

CVI 1907-08

Cadillac 1903-present

California 1913

Californian 1920-21

Caloric 1904

Calvert 1927

Cameron 1902-19

Campbell 1918-20

Cannon 1902-06

Cantono 1904-07

Capitol 1902

Caps (Kansas City) 1905

Car De Luxe (De Luxe) 1906-10

Cardway 1923-25

Carey 1906

Carhartt 1910-11

Carnation (Car-Nation) 1912-14

Car-Nation (Carnation) 1912-14

Carriage Mobile (Summit) 1907

Carrico 1909

Carroll 1920-22

Carter Twin-Engine 1907-08

Carter Car 1906-16

Cartermobile 1924-25

Case 1910-27

Cavac 1910

Central 1905-06

Century 1911-15

Century 1899-1903

CF (Cornish-Friedburg) 1908-09

Chadwick 1904-16

Chalfont 1906-12

Chalmers (Chalmers-Detroit) 1908-24

Champion 1908-09

Champion 1916-17

Champion 1919-23

Chandler 1913-29

Chapman (Electromobile) 1899-1901

Charles Townabout 1958-59

Charter 1903

Charter Oak 1916-17

Chase 1907-12

Chatauqua 1913-14

Checker 1959-Present

Chelsea 1914

Chevrolet 1911-17

Chevrolet 1911-Present

Chicago 1915-16

Chicago 1905-07

Chicago Motor Buggy 1908

Chicagoan 1952-54

Christie 1904-10

Chrysler 1924-Present

Church-Field 1912-13

Cincinnati 1903-05

Cino 1909-13

Clark 1900-09

Clark 1910-12

Clark 1910

Clark-Carter (Cutting) 1909-12

Clark-Hatfield 1908-09

Clarkmobile Deere, Deere-Clark 1903-06

Classic 1916-17

Cleveland (Sperry) 1899-1901

Cleveland 1904-09

Cleveland 1914

Cleveland 1919-26

Climber 1919-23

Cloughley 1902-03

Cloughley 1902-03

Club (Club Car) 1910-11

Club Car (Club) 1910-11

Clymer 1908

Coates-Goshen 1908-10

Coats Steam Car 1922-23

Coey 1914-16

Colburn 1906-11

Colby 1911-14

Cole 1909-25

Coleman 1933

Collins 1920

Colonial 1912

Colonial 1917-21

Colonial 1920

Colonial (Shaw) 1920-21

Colonial 1921-22

Colt 1907

Colt 1958

Columbia (Pope-Columbia) 1897-1906

Columbia (Pope-Columbia) (Columbia-Knight) 1899-1913

Columbia 1914

Columbia 1914-16

Columbia 1916-24

Columbus 1903-13

Columbus (Imperial) (Rodgers) 1903-13

Comet 1946-48

Comet 1914-15

Comet 1917-22

Commonwealth 1917-22

Compound 1904-08

Con-Ferr Cougar 1964

Conover 1906-08

Conrad 1900-04

Conrad 1903-04

Continental 1907

Continental 1907-09

Continental 1909-14

Continental 1914

Continental 1933-34

Continental (Lincoln Continental) 1941-49

Continental Mark II 1954-57

ConvAirCar 1947

Corbin 1903-12

Corbitt 1912-13

Cord 1929-137, 1964-67

Cord 1964-73

Corinthian 1922-23

Cornelian 1914-15

Cornish-Friedburg (CF) 1908-09

Correja 1908-15

Cosmopolitan (Haydock) 1907-10

Cotay 1920-21

Cotta 1901-03

Country Club 1904

Courier 1904

Courier 1909-12

Courier 1922-24

Covert (Covert Chainless) 1902-07

Coyote 1909-10

Craig-Toledo 1906-07

Crane 1912-15

Crane & Breed 1912-17

Crane-Simplex 1915-24

Crawford 1905-23

Crescent 1907

Crescent 1913-14

Crestmobile (Crest) 1900-05

Cricket 1914

Crofton 1959-61

Crompton 1903-05

Crosley 1939-52

Crouch 1897-1900

Crowdus 1901-03

Crow-Elkhart 1909-24

Crown 1905

Crown 1907-10

Crown 1913-14

Crown Magnetic (Owen-Magnetic) 1921-22

Crowther (Crowther-Duryea) 1904-05

Crowther-Duryea (Crowther) 1904-05

Croxton 1911-14

Croxton-Keeton 1909-11

Cruiser 1917-19

Crystal City 1914

Cub 1914

Cubster 1949

Culver 1916

Cunningham, 1907-36

Cunningham 1951-55

Curtis (Curtis) 1921

Cutting (Clark-Carter) 1909-12

Cycleplane 1914-15

Cyclomobile 1920

DAC 1922-23

DLG 1906-07

Dagmar (Crawford) 1922-27

Dalton 1912

Daniels 1915-24

Darby 1909-10

Darling 1917

Darrin 1946, 1953-58

Darrow 1902-03

Dart (Martin) 1928-32

Dart 1914

Davis 1908-30

Davis 1914

Davis 1947-49

Dawson 1904-05

Dawson 1900-02

Day Utility 1911-14

Dayton (Reliable-Dayton) 1906-09

Dayton, 1911-15

Dayton 1904-12

Dayton 1909-11

Dayton 1913-15

De Cross 1913-14

De La Vergne 1895

De Leon 1905-06

De Luxe (Car De Luxe) 1906-10

De Mars (Blakeslee) 1905-06

De Motte 1904

De Schaum 1909

De Shaw 1906-09

De Tamble 1908-13

De Vaux 1931-32

Deal 1905-11

Decker 1901-03

Deere 1906-07

Deering Magnetic 1918-19

Del Mar 1949

Delcar 1947-49

Delling 1923-27

Delta 1923-25

Demot 1910

Derain 1908-11

Desberon 1903-04

Desoto 1913-16

Desoto 1928-60

Detroit 1904

Detroit 1904-08

Detroit 1913-14

Detroit Electric 1907-42

Detroit Steam Car (Trask) (Trask-Detroit) 1922-23

Detroit-Dearborn 1904-08

Detroiter (Briggs-Detroiter) 1912-15

Detroit-Oxford (Oxford) 1905-06

De-Vo 1936

Dey 1917

Dey-Griswold 1895-98

Diamond 1910

Diamond 1914

Diamond T 1905-11

Diana 1925-28

Diebel 1901

Diehlmobile 1962-64

Dile 1914-16

Disbrow 1917-18

Dispatch 1911-22

Dixie (Dixie Jr.) 1908-09

Dixie Flyer 1916-23

Dixie Jr. (Dixie) 1908-09

Doble (Doble-Detroit) 1914-32

Doble-Detroit (Doble) 1917

Dodge 1914-Present

Dodge 1914-15

Dodgeson 1926

Dolfin,=1961

Dolson 1904-07

Dorchester 1906-07

Dormandy 1903-05

Dorris 1905-26

Dort 1915-24

Douglas 1918-22

Downing (Downing-Detroit) 1913-15

Downing-Detroit (Downing) 1913-15

Dragon 1906-08

Dragon 1921

Drexel 1916-17

Driggs 1921-23

Driggs-Seabury 1915-16

Drummond 1915-18

Du Pont 1919-32

Duck (Jackson) 1913

Dudly (Dudly Bug) 1913-15

Duer 1907-08

Duesenberg 1920-37, 1947, 1966

Dumont (Santos-Dumont) 1902-04

Dunmore 1918

Dunn 1914-18

Duplex 1909

Duquesne 1903-06

Duquesne 1912-13

Durant 1921-32

Durocar 1907-09

Duryea 1895-1917

Duryea 1914-15

Duryea Gem 1916

Dyke 1904

Dymaxion 1933-34

EHV (Compound) 1904-08

EIM 1915

EMF (Flanders) 1908-12

Eagle 1904-05

Eagle 1905-06

Eagle 1908

Eagle 1909

Eagle (Eagle Macomber) 1914-18

Eagle Macomber (Eagle) 1914-18

Eagle 1923-24

Earl 1907-08

Earl 1921-23

Eastman 1899-1902

Eaton 1898

Eclipse 1900-03

Eclipse 1905

Eclipse 1900-03

Economy 1914

Economy 1917-19

Economycar 1913-14

Edsel 1957-59

Edwards (Edwards American) 1953-55

Edwards-Knight 1912-14

Elbert 1914

Elcar 1916-31

Elco 1915-16

Eldredge 1903-06

Electra 1913-15

Electra King 1961-?

Electric Shopper 1964-?

Electromobile (Chapman) 1899-1901

Electronic La Saetta 1955

Electronomic (Hood) 1900-01

Elgin (Winner) 1899-1901

Elgin 1916-24

Elite 1901

Elite 1901

Elkhart 1908-09

Ellis (Triumph) 1900-01

Ellsworth 1907

Elmore, 1900-12

Emancipator 1909

Emerson 1916-17

Empi Sportster 1963-?

Empire (Fay) 1909-19

Empire 1901-02

Empire 1904-05

Endurance 1923-24

Enger 1909-17

Engler 1914-15

Entyre 1910-11

Erie 1916-19

Erskine 1926-30

Eshelman (Eshelman Sportabout) 1953-60

Ess Eff 1912

Essex 1918-32

Euclid 1904

Euclid 1907-08

Euclid 1914

Eureka 1899

Eureka 1907-14

Eureka 1908

Eureka 1909

Evansville 1907-09

Everitt 1909-12

Excalibur J 1952-53

Excalibur SS 1964-?

Excel 1914

FAL 1909-13

FRP (Finley-Robertson-Porter) 1914-18

Fageol 1916-17

Falcon 1914

Falcon 1922

Falcon-Knight 1927-28

Famous 1908-09

Fanning 1902-03

Farmack 1915-16

Farner 1922-23

Fauber 1914

Faulkner-Blanchard 1910

Faultless 1914

Fedelia 1913-14

Federal 1901-03

Federal 1907

Federal 1907-09

Fenton (Signet) 1913-14

Fergus 1949

Ferrer VW GT 1966

Ferris 1920-22

Fibersport 1953

Fina-Sport 1955

Finch Limited 1906

Finley-Robertson-Porter (FRP) 1906-13

Firestone-Columbus 1907-15

Fischer 1914

Fitch Phoenix (Fitch G. T.) 1966

Flagler 1914-15

Flanders (Tiffany) 1912-15

Flanders (Flanders-Studebaker) 1909-12

Flanders-Studebaker 1909-12

Flint 1902-03

Flint 1923-27

Flyer 1913-14

Ford 1903-Present

Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh) 1908-09

Foster 1900-05

Fostoria 1916-17

Fox 1921-23

Franklin 1901-34

Frantz 1901-02

Frayer-Miller 1904-10

Frazer 1946-51

Fredonia 1902-04

Frederickson 1914

Fremont 1921-22

Friedman 1900-03

Friend 1920-21

Fritchle 1904-17

Fritchle 1917

Front Drive 1906

Frontenac 1906-13

Frontmobile 1917-18

F-S, 1911-12

Fuller (Angus) 1908-10

Fuller 1909-11

Fulton 1908

GEC 1898-1902

GJG 1909-11

Gadabout 1915

Gaeth (Triplex) 1902-11

Gale 1904-10

Galloway 1908-10

Gardner 1919-31

Garford 1906-12

Gary 1916-17

Gas-Au-Lec (The Simple Car) 1905-06

Gasmobile 1900-02

Gaylord 1911-12

Gaylord 1955

Gearless 1921-23

Gearless 1907-09

Gem 1917-19

General (Hansen) 1903

General Electric 1898-99

Genesee 1912

Geneva 1901-04

Geneva 1916-17

Genie 1962

German-American 1902

Geronimo 1917-21

Ghent 1917-18

Gibson 1899

Gillette (Amplex) (American Simplex) 1910-115

Glassic 1966-?

Gleason 1909-14

Glide 1903-20

Globe 1921-22

Goodspeed 1922

Graham (Graham-Paige) 1927-41

Graham-Paige (Graham) 1927-30

Grant 1913-22

Gray 1920

Gray 1922-26

Great Eagle 1910-18

Great Smith (Smith) 1907-11

Great Southern 1910-14

Great Western 1908-12

Greenleaf 1902

Gregory 1922

Gregory 1949-52

Greuter (Holyoke) 1901-03

Greyhound 1914-15

Griffith-TVR 1964-?

Grinnell (Phipps-Grinnell) 1910-13

Griswold 1907

Grout 1899-1905

Grout 1904-12

Guy Vaughn (Vaughn) 1910-13

Gyroscope 1908-09

HAL (Lozier) 1916-18

HCS 1920-25

Haase 1904

Hackett (Argo) (Lorraine) 1916-19

Hall 1904

Hall 1914-15

Halladay 1907-16

Halladay 1918-22

Hamilton 1909

Hamlin-Holmes (Hamlin) 1919-30

Hammer 1905-06

Hammer-Sommer 1902-04

Handley-Knight (Handley) 1921-23

Hanover 1921-24

Hansen 1902

Hanson, 1917-23

Harding 1916-17

Hardinge 1903-04

Harper 1907-08

Harris (Harris Six) 1923

Harrison 1905-07

Harroun 1917-22

Harvard 1915-20

Hasbrouck 1899-1901

Hassler 1917

Hatfield 1906-08

Hatfield 1917-24

Havers 1908-14

Hawk 1914

Hawkins (Xenia) 1914-15

Hay Berg 1907-08

Haydock (Cosmopolitan) 1907-10

Haynes (Haynes-Apperson) 1894-1904

Haynes-Apperson (Haynes) 1894-1904

H-B (H. Brothers) 1908

Heine-Velox 1906-09, 1921

Henderson 1912-15

Hennegin 1908

Henney 1921-31

Henney (Henney Kilowatt) 1960

Henry 1910-12

Henry J 1950-53

Hercules (Crown) 1914

Herff-Brooks 1914-16

Hermes 1920

Herreshoff 1909-14

Herrschell-Spillman 1904-07

Hertel 1895-1900

Hertz 1925-28

Heseltine 1916-17

Hewitt 1906-07

Hewitt-Lindstrom 1900-01

Heymann 1898, 1904

Highlander (Hylander) 1921

Hilton 1921

Hines 1908-10

Hitchcock 1909

Hobbie (Hobbie Accessible) 1908-09

Hoffman 1902-04

Hoffman 1931

Holland 1905

Holland 1902-1905

Holley 1904

Hollier (Vincent-Hollier) 1915-21

Holmes 1906-07

Holmes 1918-23

Holsman 1902-09

Hol-Tan 1906-08

Holyoke (Greuter) 1901-03

Homer-Laughlin 1916-18

Hood (Electronomic) 1900-01

Hoosier Scout 1914

Hoppenstand 1948-49

Houpt (Houpt-Rockwell) 1909-12

Howard 1900-01

Howard 1903-05

Howard 1913-14

Howard (Lexington) 1913-14

Howard 1929-30

Hub 1899-1900

Hub 1907

Hudson 1901-02

Hudson 1909-57

Huffman 1920-25

Hughes 1899-1900

Hummingbird 1946

Hupmobile 1908-41

Hupp-Yeats 1911-16

Hydrometer 1917

Hyslop 1915

I. H. C. 1911

Ideal 1902-03

Ideal 1909-14

Ideal 1914

Illinois 1910-14

Imp 1913-14

Imp 1955

Imperial (Columbus) (Rodgers) 1903-04

Imperial 1907-15

Imperial 1906-07

Imperial (Chrysler) 1954-Present

Indian 1928-29

Ingram-Hatch 1917-18

International 1900

Inter-State 1909-18

Interurban 1905

Intrepid (Rotary) 1904-05

Iroquois 1904-08

Izzer 1910

Jackson (Jaxon) 1903-04

Jackson 1903-23

Jacquet Flyer 1921

Jaeger 1932-33

James 1909

Jamieson 1902

Jarvis Huntington 1912

Jaxon (Jackson) 1903-04

Jeffery 1914-17

Jenkins 1907-12

Jetmobile 1952

Jewel (Jewell) 1906-09

Jewett 1923-26

Johnson 1905-12

Johnson 1907-12

Johnsonmobile 1959

Jones 1915-20

Jones-Corbin 1902-07

Jonz 1908-11

Jordan 1916-31

JPL (La Vigne) 1913

Julian 1922

Kaiser 1946-55

Kansas City (Caps) 1905-09

Kauffman 1909-12

Kavan 1905

K-D 1912

Kearns 1909-15

Keeton 1908-14

Keller 1948-50

Keller Kar 1914-15

Kelsey 1921-24

Kenmore 1909-12

Kennedy (Petite) 1915-18

Kensington 1899-1904

Kensington 1899-1902

Kensington 1902-04

Kent 1916-17

Kenworthy 1920-22

Kermath 1907-08

Kessler 1921-22

Keystone 1899-1900

Keystone 1909-10

Keystone 1915

Kiblinger 1907-09

Kiblinger 1910-24

Kidder 1900-01

Kimball 1910-12

King 1910-24

King Midget 1946-70

King-Remick 1910

Kirksell 1907

Kissel (Kissel-Kar) 1906-31

Kissel-Kar (Kissel) 1906-31

Kleiber 1929

Kline-Kar (BCK) 1912-23

Klink 1906-09

Knickerbocker (Ward Leonard) 1901-03

Knickerbocker (Ward Leonard) 1901-03

Knight Special 1917

Knox 1900-15

Koeb-Thompson 1910-11

Koehler 1910-14

Koppin 1915

Korff 1952

Krastin 1902-03

Kreuger 1904-05

Krim-Ghia 1966-?

Krit (K. R. I. T.) 1909-16

Kunz 1902-06

Kurtis 1949-55

Kurtz Automatic 1921-23

L. & E. 1922-31

La Marne 1920

La Petite 1905

La Salle 1927-40

Laconia 1914

Lad’s Car 1912-14

Lafayette 1920-24

Lambert (Buckeye) 1891-1917

Lancamobile 1899-1901

Lane 1899-1910

Lane Steam Wagon 1900

Lanpher 1909-12

Lansden (Electrette) 1906-08

Larson 1966-?

Laurel 1916-20

Lauth-Jergens 1907-10

Lawter 1909

Leach, 1899-1901

Leach (Leach-Biltwell) 1920-23

Leach-Biltwell (Leach) 1920-23

Leader 1905-12

L. & E. 1922-31

Lenawee 1903-04

Lende 1908-09

Lenox (Maxim-Goodridge) 1908-09

Lenox 1911-18

Lescina 1916

Lewis 1898-1902

Lewis 1913-16

Lexington 1909-28

Liberty 1914

Liberty 1916-24

Light 1914

Lincoln 1909

Lincoln 1911-14

Lincoln 1914

Lincoln 1920-Present

Lindsley (Dowagiac) 1907-08

Lion 1909-12

Liquid Air 1901-02

Little 1911-13

Little Detroit Speedster 1913-14

Littlemac 1930-31

Little Princess 1913-14

Locomobile 1899-1903

Locomobile 1904-29

Logan 1903-08

Logan 1914

Lone Star 1920-22

Long Distance (U.S. Long Distance) 1901-03

Loomis 1896-97

Loomis 1896-1904

Lord Baltimore 1913

Lorraine 1907-08

Lorraine 1920-22

Los Angeles 1913-15

Lost Cause 1963-64

Lowell 1908

Lozier 1905-17

Luck Utility 1913

Lu-Lu 1914

Lunkenheimer 1902

Lutz 1917

Luverne 1903-18

Lyman 1903-04

Lyman & Burnham 1903-04

Lyon-Atlas (Lyons-Knight) 1912-15

Lyons-Knight (Lyons-Atlas) 1912-15

M. P. M. 1914-15

Macdonald 1923-24

Mackle-Thompson 1903

Macon 1915-17

Madison 1915-18

Magnolia 1902

Mahoning 1905

Maibohm (Courier) 1916-22

Majestic 1917

Malcolm 1914-15

Malden 1898

Manexall 1921

Manistee (Autoette) 1913

Manlius 1910

Maplebay 1908

Marathon 1908-15

Marble-Swift 1903-05

Marion 1904-14

Marion-Handley 1916-19

Marketour 1964-?

Marlboro 1899-1902

Marmon 1902-133

Marquette 1912

Marquette 1929-31

Marr 1903-04

Marsh 1899

Marsh 1919-21

Marsh 1899, 1905-09

Marshall 1919-21

Martin (Scootmobile) 1920-22

Martin 1928-32

Martin (Dart) 1929-32

Martin Stationette 1954

Marvel 1907

Maryland 1900-01

Maryland 1900-01

Maryland (Ariel) 1906-10

Mason 1898-99

Mason 1906-10

Massillion 1909

Matheson 1903-12

Matthews (Sovereign) 1906-07

Maxim & Goodrich (Lenox) 1908-09

Maxwell (Maxwell-Briscoe) 1904-25

Maytag 1910-15

McCue 1909-11

McCullough 1899-1900

McFarlan 1910-28

McGill 1922

McIntyre 1909-15

McKay 1900-02

Mecca 1914-16

Menominee 1915

Mercer 1910-25, 1931

Mercury 1938-Present

Mercury 1914

Mercury 1918-20

Mercury 1904

Mercury Special 1946

Merit 1920-23

Merkel 1905-06

Merkel 1914

Merry Olds 1958-62

Merz 1914-15

Meserve 1904

Meteor 1902-3

Meteor 1907-10

Meteor, 1914-30

Meteor 1919-22

Meteor 1900

Meteor 1902-3

Meteor 1905-6

Metropol 1913-14

Metropolitan 1922-23

Metz 1909-22

Meyer 1919

Meyers Manx 1964-????

Michigan 1903-8

Michigan (Mighty Michigan) 1908-14

Middleby 1908-13

Midland, 1908-13

Mighty Michigan (Michigan) 1908-14

Mier 1908-09

Milburn 1914-22

Miller 1912-13

Milwaukee 1900-2

Mino 1914

Mitchell 1903-23

Mobile [phone]

Mobilette 1965-????

Model 1903-9

Modoc 1913

Mohawk 1903-4

Mohawk 1914-15

Mohler 1901

Moline 1904-14

Moline-Knight (R & V knight) 1914-19

Moller 1920-21

Monarch 1903

Monarch 1905-9

Monarch 1908

Monarch 1914-17

Moncrieff 1901-2

Mondex-Magic 1914

Monitor 1909

Monitor 1915-22

Monroe 1914-24

Montgomery Ward 1898

Moon 1905-30

Moore (Auburn-Moore) 1906

Moore 1906-8

Moore 1916-21

Moore 1917

Mora 1906-10

Morrison 1890-96

Morlock 1903

Morriss-London 1919-25

Morse 1904-6

Morse 1906-9

Morse 1909-16

Morse 1914-17

Motorette 1910-12

Moyea 1902-4

Moyer 1911-15

Mueller 1895-1900

Multiplex 1912-13

Multiplex 1954

Munson 1899-1902

Muntz Jet 1950-55

Murray 1916-18

Murray-Mac (Murry-Mac Six) 1921-28

Mustang 1964-Present

Mustang 1947

Nadig 1891

Napoleon 1916-17

Nash 1917-57

National, 1900-4

National, 1903-24

Navarre 1921

Nelson 1917-21

Neustadt-Perry 1903

New England 1899-1900

New England 1898-1900

New Era 1902

New Era 1916-17

New Parry (Parry) 1911-12

New York Six 1928-29

Niagara 1903-7

Niagara 1915-16

Nielson 1907

Noble 1902

Noma 1919-23

Northern 1902-9

Northway 1921

Norwalk (Norwalk Under slung) 1910-22

Novara 1917

Nu-Klea Starlite 1959-60

Nyberg 1912-14

Oakland 1907-31

O’Conner 1916

Octoauto (Reeves) 1911-13

Odelot 1915

Ofeldt 1899-1902

Ogren 1915-23

Ohio 1910-18

Ohio 1909-13

Okey 1907-8

Oldsmobile 1891

Oldsmobile 1896-Present

Oliver 1905

Olympian 1915-21

Omaha 1912-13

Only 1909-15

Ophir 1901

Orient (Waltham) 1902-8

Orlo 1904

Ormond 1904-5

Orson 1908-9

Otto (Ottomobile) 1909-12

Ottomobile (Otto) 1909-12

Ottocar (OttoKar) 1903-4

Ottokar (Ottocar) 1903-4

Ovenden 1899

Overholt 1909-12

Overland (Willys, Willys-Overlsand, Wllys-Knight, Kaiser-Jeep, Americar, Whippet) 1903-63

Overman 1899-1904

O-WE-GO 1914-15

Owen 1910-14

Owen Magnetic (Crown Magnetic) 1914-22

Owen-Schoeneck 1915-16

Owen-Thomas 1909

Oxford (Detroit-Oxford) 1905-6

Pacific 1914

Pacific Special 1914

Packard 1899-1958

Packet (Brasie) 1916-17

Paco 1908

Page 1906-7

Page 1921-24

Paige (Paige-Detroit) 1908-27

Palmer 1906

Palmer-Singer 1907-14

Pan 1918-22

Pan American (Pan-Am) 1902

Pan American 1917-22

Panda 1955-56

Paragon 1905-7

Paragon 1921-22

Parenti 1920-22

Parry (New Parry) 1910-12

Parsons 1905-6

Partin, (Partin-Palmer) 1913-17

Partin-Palmer (Partin) 1913-17

Paterson 1908-23

Pathfinder 1911-18

Pawtucket 1900-1

Payne-Modern (Modern) 1907-9

Pedersen 1922

Peerless 1900-31

Pendleton 1905

Penn 1911

Pennington (Kane-Pennington) 1894-1902

Pennsy 1916-19

Pennsylvania 1907-11

People’s 1900-2

Perfection 1906-8

Perfex 1912-14

PET 1914

Peter Pan 1914-15

Peters 1921-22

Peters-Walton-Ludlow 1915

Petrel 1908-12

Phelps (Shawmut) 1903-5

Phianna 1916-22

Phipps-Grinnell (Grinnell) 1910-13

Pickard 1908-12

Piedmont 1917-22

Pierce (Pierce-Arrow) 1901-38

Pierce-Racine 1904-9

Piggins 1909

Pilgrim 1914

Pilliod 1915-18

Pilot 1909-24

Pioneer 1909-11

Pioneer 1914

Pioneer (Lippencott Pioneer) 1959

Pittsburgh 1909-11

Plainsman 1948

Playboy 1946-51

Plymouth 1910

Plymouth 1928-present

PMC 1908

Pneumobile 1915

Pomeroy 1902

Pomeroy 1920-24

Ponder 1923

Pontiac 1907-8

Pontiac 1915

Pontiac 1926-post 2000

Pope-Columbia (Columbia) 1914-16

Pope-Hartford 1903-14

Pope-Robinson (Robinson) 1900-4

Pope-Toledo 1903-9

Pope-Waverley 1903-7

Poppy Car 1917

Porter 1900-1

Porter 1919-22

Postal 1907-8

Powell Sport Wagon 1955-56

Power Car 1909-12

Prado 1920-22

Pratt 1907

Pratt-Elkhart (Pratt) 1911-17

Premier 1903-25

Premocar 1921-23

Prescott (Prescott Steamer) 1901-5

Pridemore 1914-15

Primo 1906-15

Princess 1914-18

Princeton 1923-24

Pullman 1905-17

Pullman 1907-8

Pungs-Finch 1904-10

Pup 1947

Puritan 1913-14

Puritan 1902-3

Queen 1904-7

Quick 1899-1900

R. & V. Knight (Moline-Knight) 1920-24

RCH 1912-16

Railsbach 1914

Rainier 1905-11

Raleigh 1920-22

Rambler 1902-13: 1950-69

Rambler (Rockaway) 1900-3

Rand & Harvey 1899-1900

Randall 1904

Ranger 1908-10

Ranger 1920-22

Rauch & Lang (Raulang) 1905-28.

Raulang (Rauch & Lang) 1922-28.

Rayfield (RCH) 1911-15

Raymond 1912-13

Read 1913-14

Reading 1900-3

Reading, 1910-13

Real, 1914-15

Reber, 1902-3

Red Arrow, 1915

Red Bug 1923-28

Red Jacket 1904

Reeves (Octoauto) 1909-13

Regal 1907-20

Regas 1903-5

Reinertsen, (Rex Buckboard) 1902

Relay 1904

Reliable-Dayton (Dayton) 1906-9

RELIANCE 1903-7

Remington 1900-1

Remington 1900-4

Remington 1914-15

Reo (Wolverine) 1904-36

Republic 1911-16

Revere 1917-26

Rex 1914

Rex Buckboard (Reinertsen) 1902

Richard 1914-17

Richelieu 1922-23

Richmond 1902-3

Richmond 1908-14

Rickenbacker 1922-27

Ricketts 1908-9

Riddle 1916-26

Rider-Lewis 1908-10

Riker 1896-1900

Ritz 1914-15

Riviera (Schnader) 1907

Roach 1899

Roader 1911-12

Road Runner 1963-????

Roamer 1916-30

Robie 1914

Robinson (Pope-Robinson) 1900-4

Robson 1908-9

Rochester 1901-2

Rockaway (Rambler) 1900-3

Rocket 1948

Rockfalls 1919-25

Rock Hill 1910

Rockne 1931-33

Rodgers (Columbus), (Imperial) 1903-4

Roebling-Planche (Mercer) 1906-9

Rogers 1911-12

Rollin 1923-25

Rollsmobile 1958-59

Romer 1921-22

Roosevelt 1929-31

Ross 1905-9

Ross 1915-18

Rotary (Intrepid) 1904-5

Rotary 1922-23

Royal Princess (Royal) 1905

Royal Tourist 1904-11

Rubay 1922-24

Ruler 1917

Rushmobile 1905-9

Russell 1902-4

Ruxton 1929-31

S & M Simplex (Smith & Mabley Simplex) 1904-7

SSE 1916-17

Saginaw 1914-15

Saginaw 1916

Salter 1909-12

Salvador 1914

Sampson 1904-11

Samson 1922

Sandusky 1902-3

Santos-Dumont (Dumont) 1902-4

Savino Scat 1960

Saxon (Saxon-Duplex) 1913-23

Saxon-Duplex (Saxon) 1913-23

Sayers (S. & S.), (Sayers & Scovill) 1917-24

Sayers & Scovill (S. & S.), (Sayers) 1917-24

Scarab 1934-39

Scarab III 1944

Schacht 1905-13

Scharf Gearless 1914

Schlosser 1912-13

Schnader (Riviera) 1907

Schram 1913

Scimitar 1959

Scoot-Mobile 1946

Scott-Newcomb, (Standard) 1920-21

Scott 1899-1901

Scripps-Booth 1913-22

Seagrave 1960

Searchmont 1900-3

Sears 1906-11

Sebring, 1910-11

Sekine 1923

Selden 1906-14

Senator 1906-10

Seneca 1917-24

Serpentina 1915

Servitor 1907

Seven Little Buffalos 1908-10

Severin 1920-22

SGV 1911-15

Shad-Wyck, 1917-23

Sharon 1915

Sharp 1914-15

Sharp-Arrow 1908-10

Shatswell 1901-3

Shaw, (Colonial) 1920-21

Shaw 1924-30

Shawmut 1905-9

Shelby 1902-3

Shelby 1962-69

Sheridan 1920-21

Shoemaker 1907-9

Sibley 1910-11

Signet, (Fenton) 1913-14

Silent Knight 1906-9

Silent Sioux 1909-12

Simms 1920-21

Simplex (S & M Simplex) (Crane-Simplex) 1907-17

Simplicities 1905

Simplicity 1906-11

Simplo 1908-9

Singer 1915-20

Single-Center 1906-8

SJR 1915-16

Skene 1900-1

Skelton 1920-22

Skorpion 1952

Smith (Great Smith) 1898-1911

Smith Flyer 1917-20

Smith & Mabley Simplex (S & M Simplex) 1904-7

Snyder 1914

South Bend 1914

Southern (Southern Six) 1921-22

Southern Six (Southern) 1921-22

Sovereign (Matthews) 1906-7

Spacke (Brooke-Spacke) 1920-21

Spartan 1911

Spaulding 1910-16

Speedway 1904-5

Speedwell 1907-14

Spencer 1921-22

Spenny 1914-15

Sperling 1921-23

Sperry (Cleveland) 1901

Sphinx 1914-15

Spoerer 1909-16

Springer 1904-6

Springfield 1904

Springfield 1907

Springfield 1908-11

Sprite 1914

St. John 1903

St. Louis 1898-1907

Stafford 1910-15

Standard (Scott-Newcomb) 1920-21

Standard 1912-15

Standard 1903-7

Standard 1909-10

Standard 1910

Standard 1912-23

Standard 1914

Standish 1924-25

Stanley (Stanley-Locomobile) 1897-1927

Stanley 1907-10

Stanwood 1920-22

Star 1903-4

Star 1908

Star 1922-28

Starin 1903-4

States 1915

Static 1923

Staver 1907-14

Steamobile 1900-2

Stearns 1900-4

Stearns (Stearns-Knight) 1899-1930

Stearns-Knight (Stearns) 1899-1930

Steco 1914

Steel Swallow 1907-8

Steele 1915

Stephens 1916-24

Sterling 1909-15

Sterling 1914-16

Sterling-Knight 1923-25

Sterling New York (Ams-Sterling) 1915-17

Stevens-Duryea 1902-27

Stewart 1915-16

Stickney 1914

Stilson 1907-10

Stoddard-Dayton (Stoddard-Knight) 1905-13

Stoddard-Knight (Stoddard-Dayton) 1912-13

Storck 1901-3

Storms 1915

Strathmore 1899-1902

Stratton 1923

Stratton 1909

Stringer 1901

Strong & Rogers 1900-1

Strouse 1915-16

Struss 1897

Stuart 1961-62

Studebaker 1902-12

Studebaker 1904-64

Studebaker Avanti 1963-64

Sturtevant 1904-8

Stutz (Blackhawk) 1911-35

Stuyvesant 1911-12

Suburban Limited (Suburban) 1911-12

Success 1911-12

Success 1906

Sultan 1909-12

Summit (Carriage-Mobile) 1907

Sun 1915-18

Sun 1921-24

Sunset 1901-4

Super Kar 1946

Superior (Crescent) 1914

Surrey ’03, 1958-59

Sweany 1895

Swift 1959

Synnestvedt 1904-8

Syracuse (Van Wagoner) 1899-1903

Tarkington 1922-23

Tasco 1948

Taunton 1901-4

Taylor Aerocar (Aerocar) 1971

Templar 1917-24

Temple-Westcott 1921-22

Tennant 1914-15

Terraplane (Hudson) 1932-37

Texan 1918-22

Texmobile 1921-22

Thomas (Thomas Flyer) 1902-19

Thomas Flyer (Thomas) 1902-19

Thomas-Detroit 1906-8

Thompson 1906

Thompson 1901-2

Thomson 1900-2

Thrif-T 1949

Tiffany 1913-14

Tiger 1914

Tiley 1904-13

Tilicum 1914

Tincher 1904-7

Tin Lizzy T-10 1960-19??

Tischer 1914

Toledo 1900-2

Toledo 1902-3

Toledo (Autocycle) 1913

Toquet 1905

Touraine 1912-15

Tourist 1902-9

Towanda 1904

Towne Shopper 1948

Tractobile 1900-2

Trail Blazer 1961

Trask-Detroit (Trask), (Detroit Steam Car) 1922-23

Traveler 1906-13

Traveler 1914-15

Tribune 1913-14

Tri-Car (Suburbanette) 1955

Tricolet (Pokorney) 1905

Tri-Moto (Crescent Tri-Moto) 1900-1

Triumph (Ellis) 1900-1

Triumph 1906-9

True 1914

Trumbull 1913-15

Tuck 1904-5

Tucker 1946-48

Tulsa 1917-23

Turner 1900-1

Twin City 1914

Twombly 1903

Twombly 1910-11

Twombly 1913-15

Twyford 1902-8

U.S., 1908

U.S. Electric 1899-1901

U.S. Long Distance 1901-3

Union 1902-5

Union 1911-14

United 1914

Upton (Beverly) 1900-7

Utility 1921-22

VE (VEC) 1899-1901

Valkyrie 1967-????

Van 1910-11

Vandegrift (Autocycle) 1907

Vaughan (Guy Vaughan) 1910-13

Veerac 1913

Velie 1909-28

Vera 1912

Vernon (Able Eight) 1915-20

Vetta Ventura (Apollo) 1964-65

Victor 1907-11

Victor 1914-15

Victor 1913-14

Viking 1908

Viking 1929-30

Viqueot 1905

Virginian 1911-12

Vixen 1914

Vogue 1917-23

Vulcan 1913-14

WFS 1911-13

Waco 1915-17

Wagenhals 1913-15

Wahl 1913-14

Waldron 1909-10

Walker 1905-6

Walter (American Chocolate) 1904-9

Waltham (Orient Buckboard) 1898-1900

Waltham (Orient) 1902-8

Waltham 1922

Walworth 1905-6

Ward 1914

Ward 1914-16

Ward Leonard (Knickerbocker) 1901-3

Warren (Warren-Detroit) 1914

Warren-Detroit (Warren) 1914

Warwick 1903-4

Washington 1909-11

Washington 1921-23

Wasp 1919-25

Waterloo-Duryea 1904-5

Watrous 1905-7

Watt 1910

Waverley 1896-1903; 1908-14

Waverly (Pope-Waverly) 1904-7

Wayne 1904-8

Wayne 1905-10

Webb Jay 1908

Welch (Welch-Detroit) 1903-11

Welch-Detroit (Welch) 1903-11

West & Burgett 1899

Westcott 1912-25

Westfield 1902-3

Wharton 1921-22

Wheeler 1900-2

White 1900-18

White 1910-18

White 1909

White 1914

White Star 1908-10

Whiting 1910-12

Whitney 1895-98

Whitney 1899-1905

Wichita 1914

Wick 1902-3

Williams 1905

Williams 1967-????

Wills Sainte Claire 1921-26

Willys-Overland (Wllys-Knight), (Kaiser-Jeep), (Americar), (Whippet) 1903-63

Wing Midget 1922

Winner 1907

Winther 1920-23

Winton 1897-1923

Wisco 1910

Wizard 1921-22

Wolfe 1907-9

Wolverine 1904-6

Wolverine (Wolverine Special) 1917-20

Wolverine 1927-28

Wonder 1917

Wood 1902-3

Woodill Wildfire 1952-58

Wood-Loco 1901-2

Woodruff 1904

Woods 1899-1919

Woods (Woods-Mobilette), 1914-16

Worth 1909-10

Worthington Bollee 1904

Xenia (Hawkins) 1914-15

Yale 1903-7

Yale 1916-19

Yank 1950

Yankee 1910

York 1905-7

Zent 1902-7

Ziebell 1914

Zimmerman 1908-14

Zip 1913-14

Glossary

ABC (Autobuggy) 1909-10

Autobuggy Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO, 1906-08.

ABC Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Company, St. Louis, MO, 1908-10.

Motor: Two cylinder, * 10:12 hp.

Drivetrain: Friction transmission.

Body Styles: High wheeler.

Top Speed: 30 mph forward or reverse.

The initials, A.B.C., contrary to belief, was a tribute to the cars designer, A. B. Cole, and not an acronynm for Auto-Buggy-Company.

*XX:YY refers to the difference in horsepower between lower rpm’s, and high rpm’s.

AEC (Anger) (Advance) 1913-14

Anger Engineering Company, Milwaukee, WI.

Motor: Six cylinder, L-head configured 366.1 cubic inches displacement.

Motor: Six cylinder, T-head configured 421 cubic inches displacement.

Models: Two.

Drivetrain: Three speed gearbox transmissions were used on the smaller model.

Drivetrain: Four speed gearbox transmissions were used on the larger model.

Price: $2,000 for the smaller model.

Price: $2,500 for the larger model.

Abbott (Abbott-Detroit) 1909-18

Abbott Motor Car Company, Detroit, MI, 1909-15.

Consolidated Car Company, Detroit, MI, 1916.

The Abbott Corporation, Cleveland, OH, 1916-18.

Motor: Four cylinder, by Continental.

Motor: Six cylinder, by Continental.

Motor: Eight cylinder, by Herschell-Spillman.

The Abbott automobile was called the Abbott-Detroit until 1916, when the car was designated the Abbott, at which time the Cleveland operation was building over fifteen cars per day.

Production had reached fifteen to twenty cars per day, and to gain a greater manufacturing space, the company relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, in optimistic anticipation of gaining a larger piece of their particular niche in that automobile market share.

The optimism for gaining a larger share of the market came to naught, and like so many other postwar businesses, Abbott withdrew from the automobile business in April 1918.

Acadia 1904

Earnest R. Kelly, Wilmington, DE.

Motor: One cylinder, under the seat mounted.

Drivetrain: Single chain driven.

Body Styles: One, two-seat runabout.

Steering: Early form of wheel steering.

Wheels: Wire.

Acason 1918-25

Acason Motor Truck Company, Detroit, MI.

Motor: Steam.

This vehicle is listed as a truck.

Ace 1920-22

Apex Motor Corporation, Ypsilanti, MI.

Guy Disc-Valve Engine Company, Ypsilanti, MI.

Motor: Four cylinder, by Gray-Bell.

Motor: Six cylinder, by Herschell-Spillman.

Motor Six cylinder, by Continental.

Drivetrain: Single chain driven.

Just as the burgeoning field of automobile body design was flourishing and the automobile companies were getting in step with a more acceptable, aerodynamic look, Ace created an assembled car which continued to embrace the square profile of days gone by. Ace, by 1923, had joined the ranks of the American Motors Truck Company of Newark, Ohio.

Acme (Reber) 1902-03

Reber Manufacturing Company, Reading, PA, 1902-03.

Acme Motor Car Company, Reading, PA, 1903.

Motor: Two cylinder, vertically mounted, water-cooled.

Body Styles: One, five-seat open touring car.

Drivetrain: Double chain driven.

The radiator is mounted beneath the front frame and under a fake hood.

Acme 1903-10

Acme Motor Car Company, Reading, PA.

Motor: Two cylinder.

Motor: Four cylinder.

Motor: Six cylinder.

Drivetrain: Ball bearing transmission, driving a double chain.

Body Styles: Nine.

ACME 1908-09

Acme Motor Buggy Manufacturing Company, Minneapolis, MN.

Motor: One cylinder, two stroke configured.

Drivetrain: Chain driven.

Body Styles: One, High Wheel motor buggy.

Adams 1911

Adam Brothers Company, Findlay, OH.

Motor: Four cylinder, four Stroke configured, * 25:30 hp.

Body Styles: One, five-seat touring car.

Models: One, the Model C.

*XX:YY refers to the difference in horsepower between lower rpm’s, and high rpm’s.

Adams-Farwell 1904-13

Adams Company, Dubuque, IA, 1904-05.

Motor: Three cylinder, 20 hp, radial rotary configured.

Drivetrain: Four speed gearbox transmission, single chain driven.

Body Styles: One, convertible Brougham.

1906-07

Motor: Five cylinder, * 40:45 hp, radial rotary configured.

1908-11

Drivetrain: Three speed gearbox transmission, single chain driven.

1912-13

Motor: Five cylinder, 40 hp, radial rotary configured.

Price: $3,500 for a touring car.

Adams-Farwell began designing this car in 1898.

This rotary motor was not rotary, in the Wankel sense of the term.

This rotary motor was so named because the whole motor body rotated around a stationary crankshaft. Hence the word radial becomes paramount in the motor’s description.

This configuration was conducive to great air-cooling and negated the required inertia of a flywheel.

The obvious downside is the mounting technique required when so much mass is revolving at high rpm’s.

The amazing thing about this car was that this design was initiated before the radial aircraft motors were in use, and the machining requirements were much more stringent than those required of a fixed block motor.

The 1904 convertible brougham had the steering wheel and the operating controls located in the backseat.

The 1908 model had the motor mounted under the rear seat, just in front of the rear axle.

Adria 1921-22

Adria Motor Car Corporation, Batavia, NY.

Motor: Four cylinder, four-stroke configured, Supreme.

Body Styles: One, the Adria was an assembled car.

Advance 1909-11

Advance Motor Company, Miamisburg, OH.

Body Styles: High Wheel buggy style.

Wheels: Large diameter, solid rubber.

This company reemerged and manufactured the Hatfield car from 1917-24.

Aerocar 1906-08

Aerocar Company, Detroit, MI.

Motor: Four cylinder, five-inch bore and stroke, water or air-cooled at buyer’s option.

Body Styles: Five.

Wheelbase: 9 feet 7 inches.

Color: Blue with off-white trim.

The most memorable car built by Aerocar was a touring car, designated the Model F, and was built in 1907 and 1908.

Aerocar (Taylor Aerocar) 1971

Longview, WA.

Founder: Moulton P. Taylor.

Motor: Four cylinder, 143 hp, air-cooled by Lycoming.

Air Speed: 135 mph.

Ground Speed: 60 mph.

Body Styles: One.

Wing Area: 190 square feet.

Weight: 1,500 pounds.

The Taylor flying car was the first of its kind to receive FAA certification.

Taylor experimented for twenty years prior to building the first prototype.

The construction of wings and tail were of aluminum. The body was made of fiberglass.

The transition time from car to airplane was ten minutes.

The maximum cargo weight was one hundred pounds, excluding the pilot’s weight.

Ajax (Electric) 1901-03

Ajax Motor Vehicle Company, New York City, NY.

Motor: Electric.

Wheels: Bicycle type with optional mudguards.

Body Styles: One, open two-seat light runabout.

Ajax 1914-15

Ajax Motors Company, Seattle, WA.

Motor: Six cylinder, available in sleeve valve or poppet configuration.

The Ajax automobile was offered in a single body style with three different wheelbases and two motor configurations at very little difference in cost.

Ajax (Ajax-Nash) 1923-26

Ajax Auto Parts Company, Racine, WI, 1923.

Ajax Motors Company, Racine, WI, 1924-26.

Motor: Six cylinder.

Body Styles: Two, sedans and phaetons.

The Ajax car was a child of the Nash Motor Company and, as such, resembled the Nash.

The manufacturing site from 1924-26 was acquired from the former Mitchell Company, and in late 1926, the car would reemerge as the Nash Light.

Aland 1916-17

Aland Motor Car Company, Detroit, MI.

Motor: Four cylinder, 146.5 cubic inches displacement, overhead valve configured (four valves for each cylinder), with a single camshaft and aluminum alloy pistons, were standard.

Wheels: Wire by Rudge-Whitworth.

Tires: Pneumatic.

Body Styles: Two, two and five seaters.

Wheelbase: 10 feet 2 inches.

Brakes: Four-wheel expanding type.

Price: $1,500 for either body style.

Albany 1907-08

Albany Automobile Company, Albany, IN.

Motor: Two cylinder, * 6:7 hp, air-cooled.

Motor: Two cylinder, * 18:20 hp, air-cooled.

Body Styles: Two, surreys, and runabouts.

Tires: Solid rubber.

*XX:YY refers to the difference in horsepower between lower rpm’s, and high rpm’s.

Alco 1905-13

American Locomotive Automobile Company, Providence, RI, 1905-08.

American Locomotive Company, Providence, RI, 1908-13.

1905-08

Motor: Four cylinder, 24 hp.

Motor: Four cylinder, 40 hp.

Drivetrain: Chain driven.

1909-13

Motor: Four cylinder, 16 hp (primarily for taxicabs).

Motor: Six cylinder, 60 hp.

Body Styles: Two, both open and closed.

Price: $6,000 to $7,250.

The Alco won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1909 and 1910. ALCO is the contraction for American Locomotive Company.

ALDO 1910-11

Albaugh-Dover Company, Chicago, IL.

Motor: Two cylinder, opposing cylinder configured, air-cooled.

Drivetrain: Planetary transmission with double chain drive.

Steering: Tiller.

Body Styles: One, two-passenger motor buggies.

Allen 1913-14

Allen Iron & Steel Company, Philadelphia, PA.

Motor: (1913) Two cylinder, air-cooled.

Motor: (1914) Four cylinder, water-cooled.

Body Styles: One, two seater.

Power Train: Friction transmission, shaft driven.

Wheelbase: 9 feet.

Track: 3 feet 8 inches.

Price: $450.

Allen 1914-22

Allen Motor Company, Fostoria, OH.

Allen Motor Company, Bucyrus, OH.

Allen Motor Company, Columbus, OH.

Motor: Four cylinder, side valve configured, 189.2 cubic inches displacement.

Body Styles: Several types consisting of both open and closed models.

Tires: Pneumatic.

It was estimated that over twenty thousand Allen cars were sold during the nine years of production.

Allen-Kingston 1907-09

Allen-Kingston Motor Car Company.

Motor: Four cylinder, 48 hp, T-head configured.

Tires: Pneumatic with a running board mounted spare.

Body Styles: One, large four seater, an early gunboat model had an early boat-tail profile.

Allstate 1952-53

Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI.

Motor: Four cylinder, side valve configured, Willys.

Motor: Six cylinder, side valve configured, Willys.

The Allstate was a catalog-purchased compact car from Sears and Roebuck.

The Allstate was a Kaiser Frazer Henry J. sold by Sears and Roebuck.

The Allstate version was priced $227 more than the Kaiser-Frazer car, but Sears guaranteed the car for ninety days, the tires for eighteen months, and the battery for two years.

All-steel (Alstel) 1915-16

All-steel Motor Car Company, St. Louis, MO.

Motor: Four cylinder.

Drivetrain: Gearbox transmission with torque tube final drive.

Wheels: Pneumatic.

Price: $465.

Alpena (Alpena Flyer) 1910-14

Alpena Motor Car Company, Alpena, MI.

Motor: Four cylinder, 34 hp, water-cooled.

Drivetrain: Three speed gearbox transmission.

Body Styles: Two, both were light, inexpensive, open models.

Alsace 1920-21

Automotive Products Company, New York City, NY.

Motor: Four cylinder, 189.2 cubic inches displacement, by Herschell-Spillman.

Tires: Pneumatic.

Body Styles: Two.

The Automotive Products Company is misleading as they were merely a sales office.

The Alsace was an assembled car, assembled by the Piedmont Motor Company, a company which also assembled the Piedmont and the Lone Star cars.

Alsace provided a right-hand-drive car model for export.

Alter 1914-17

Alter Motor Car Company, Grand Haven, MI.

1914-15

Motor: Four cylinder, 22 hp.

1916

Motor: Six cylinder, 201.4 cubic inch displacement.

Body Style: One, five seater.

Wheelbase: 9 feet 8 inches.

1917

Motors: Two four-cylinder units built by Lycoming.

Amalgamated 1917-19

Amalgamated Machine Corporation, Chicago, IL.

Motor: Six cylinder, mechanically operated poppet valve configured.

Body Styles: The Amalgamated was an assembled car, and the only restriction was which body and off-the-shelf parts would a generic chassis accommodate.

Ambassador 1922-26

Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Motor: Four cylinder by Continental.

The 1923-24 Ambassadors were merely residual stock from the Shaw automobiles previously built on this site.

Ambassador differed from the Shaw only by a change of the four-cylinder Rochester-Duesenberg motor with a four-cylinder Continental motor and provided a new Ambassador medallion.

The 1924-26 Ambassadors were smaller sedans and were used as rental cars called Drive yourself.

Late in 1926, the Ambassador name was changed to Hertz.

Amco 1919-20

American Motors Incorporated, New York City, NY.

Motor: Four cylinder by Golden, Belknap & Schwartz.

Color: Off-white.

Cooling: The Amco had a radiator designed specifically for warmer climates.

America 1911

Motor Car Company of America, New York City, NY.

Motor: Four cylinder, 40 hp, L-head configured.

Body Styles: Five, one of which was a two-passenger torpedo with a low profile and a rounded rear end.

A unique feature of the America was a 1.5-gallon auxiliary fuel tank.

American 1902-03

American Motor Carriage Company, Cleveland, OH.

Motor: One cylinder, 5 hp, mounted under the seat.

Drivetrain: Single chain driven.

Body Styles: One, lightweight runabout.

Steering: Tiller.

Price: $1,000.

American 1911-12

American Automobile Manufacturing Company, New Albany, IN.

Motor: Two-stroke configured.

The American Automobile Manufacturing Company, in 1910, bought the assets of the Jonz Automobile Company of Beatrice, Nebraska, and was an associate of the Ohio Falls Motor Company.

American 1914

American Cycle Car Company, Detroit, MI.

Motor: Four cylinder, 72.2 cubic inch displacement, water-cooled.

Drivetrain: Friction transmission, chain driven.

This company was taken over by Trumbull.

American (American Junior) 1916-20

American Motor Vehicle Company, Lafayette, IN.

Motor: One cylinder.

The American Junior was an ultralight two seater aimed at the preteen market of the more affluent families.

There was also talk about competing with the rickshaws in the Far East and building electric-powered cars for the physically impaired.

American 1916-24

Bessemer-American Motor Corporation, Plainfield, NJ.

Motor: Six cylinder, Herschell-Spillman.

The American sold 1,500 cars in 1920, making that their peak sales year.

The company was absorbed by the Bessemer Truck company in early 1923, and in October 1923, this truck and car company became Amalgamated Motors, which included both the Winther and Northway truck lines.

Car production ceased in 1924.

American 1912

American Cycle Car Company, Detroit, MI.

Alexander H. and Isaac B. Trumbull purchased this company just prior to production. They also purchased the Seattle-based American Cycle Car Company in 1914.

American 1914

American Cycle Car Company, Seattle, WA.

The American was a typical cycle car except that it was powered by a three-cylinder, two-stroke configured motor.

The American was a priced at $350.

American Austin 1930-34

American Austin Car Company, Butler, PA.

The American Austin was Great Britain’s attempt to introduce an economy car to the U.S. market.

The timing seemed perfect, since the country was in the depth of the Great Depression, and money was scarce.

The British Austin Seven seemed a perfect answer for the times, inexpensive to purchase and miserly to run.

The car was powered by a four-cylinder, 13 hp motor and had a six-feet-three-inch wheelbase.

The car was Americanized by incorporating: larger fenders, larger headlights, detachable rims, fixed disk wheels, sturdier bumpers, horizontal hood louvers, and an attractive $450 price tag.

Unfortunately, the American automobile buyer, who historically opposes change, did not respond as hoped, and after four years, the American Austin went out of business.

Many confuse this car with the American Austin produced in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Refer to Austin (American Austin) 1902-21.

American Bantam 1935-41

American Bantam Car Company, Butler, PA, 1935-41

—1935-40—

The car was powered by a four-cylinder, 13 hp, 45.6 cubic inch displacement motor and had a six-feet-three-inch wheelbase.

The car was Americanized by incorporating: larger fenders, larger headlights, detachable rims, fixed disk wheels, sturdier bumpers, horizontal hood louvers, and an attractive $450 price tag.

1941

The final year for the American Bantam saw the production of a 1,200-pound economy car, which cost $400, had a six-foot-three-inch wheelbase, a four-cylinder, water-cooled motor that produced 22 hp and touted itself as America’s pioneer economy car.

The obituary for the beleaguered America Bantam Car Company must include a moment in the life of this company, when for an instant in the early prewar years, the American government was painfully aware that World War II was inevitable and had the war department scurrying about organizing the industrial infrastructure of this great country to provide essential materials to support such a war.

Among these essential materials, there was need for a rugged vehicle that could operate in extremely inhospitable terrain and weather conditions. This vehicle would serve as a field support and reconnaissance conveyance.

The German army at war in Europe was using the Volkswagen convertible as their primary staff car and an off-road four-wheel-drive field support and general purpose vehicle, known as the Kubelwagen.

The U.S. Army, in hopes of developing a similar vehicle, wrote up an envelope drawing package, listing the minimum requirements essential for such a vehicle.

This vehicle would be required to navigate in severe weather and terrain, must have four-wheel-drive, weigh no more than 1,400 pounds, and carry 800 pounds when operating off-road.

The request-for-bids letter was sent to 135 automobile manufacturers, of which they received only three responses. One of these responses was submitted by the America Bantam Car Company.

Among the stringent requirements imposed upon the respondents were the following:

After the government agency accepted the bid, the responder must submit a preliminary design within eleven days and a testable prototype forty-nine days after the government approved the preliminary design.

Willys, one of the other respondents, insisted on seventy-five days for supplying a testable prototype and was removed from the competition.

Heading the America Bantam Car Company at that time was Roy S. Evans, who after struggling in vain to remain solvent in a highly competitive American market, saw a possible way to make good use of their new forty-four thousand cars per year manufacturing capacity of the Butler, Pennsylvania plant. There was, however, a serious problem facing him, and that was how to come up with a preliminary design in just eleven days.

The America Bantam Car Company was a subsidiary of the British Austin Company, and as such, did not staff designers or a significant cadre of engineers.

The eleven-day clock was ticking, and Roy Evans was pressed for a design. Evans had proposed the use of the Austin Seven as the basic platform, with modifications to meet the Military requirements.

The army stated that the Austin Seven was not an acceptable design, having insufficient power and lacking the ruggedness to meet the government’s stringent requirements.

Roy Evans contacted the Detroiter Car Company’s Karl Probst. His appeal for the use of a designer to augment his efforts was refused.

Roy Evans, seeing his dream of success melting away with every tick of the eleven-day clock, appealed to the offices of Bill Knudsen, who had formerly been the general manager at General Motors and was now heading up the U.S. government’s National Defense Advisory Board.

The eleven-day clock was at five days when pressure from Bill Knudsen finally convinced Karl Probst that the interests of the Detroiter Company and national defense would best be served if he would aid the American Bantam Company in providing a viable design.

Aware of the time element, Karl Probst immediately departed for Butler, Pennsylvania, and with whatever engineering resources were available to assist him, worked in shifts around the clock, and by some divine grace, was able to meet the eleven-day deadline. The proposal was delivered by Karl Probst personally to Camp Holebird, Maryland.

The newly designed car was fondly named the Blitz Buggy.

Probst and American Bantam then had to produce a testable prototype car, and with much strain on both men and resources, the deed was accomplished, and again, Probst would deliver the goods in person.

The drive to Maryland became a mini-test as Probst made a number of off-road detours, and the bonus of his meandering route proved to him that his design was a good one, and an additional bonus was that the Blitz Buggy was fun to drive.

Some automobile historians claim that Captain Robert G. Howie created the first iteration of the Jeep, and although he did design a lay-on-your-belly low profile vehicle, it was deemed completely inadequate for uses outlined in the U.S. Army’s requirement package.

Captain Mosely took the Blitz Buggy through the initial testing phase and, upon completion, stated that in his twenty years of testing various military vehicles, he never understood the significance of his job until he tested this little Bantam-built Blitz Buggy.

How stringent the test administered by the army was, is questionable, since this was the only prototype submitted for their consideration.

The 1,400-pound weight limit was ascertained when an oversized enlisted man grabbed the vehicle by the rear bumper and raised it off the ground, thus saying, Feels like about 1,400 pounds to me.

The second testing phase for the vehicle lasted thirty days, and the Blitz Buggy continued to surpass even the most critical tests.

While the army was testing the first Blitz Buggy, both Willys and Ford were invited to witness the testing phase and were given access to all of the drawings and specifications for this vehicle.

Under normal conditions in the world of business, this information would be proprietary and would be protected by several ethics canons, but when you bid for a federal contract, there is a boiler plate within that contract that authorizes the government to seek other sources for a given product.

This is especially true with materials to support a war effort, and it makes good sense. What happens, for instance, if the demand becomes greater than the supply?

The U.S. government circumvents this possibility by second and third sourcing that particular item.

Usually, the prime source is the company that provided the first hardware to the military’s arsenal.

The next, and probably the most critical phase of the pre-contractual requirements, was the ability of the American Bantam Company to produce an additional seventy vehicles, all of which were required to meet all of the tests met by the original prototype.

When the military procurement people assessed their needs for this vehicle against the capacity of American Bantam to satisfy this requirement, it was determined that a forty-thousand-vehicle-per-year production capacity was insufficient. As a result, American Bantam produced only about three thousand Jeeps while Willys and Ford produced over six hundred thousand through 1945.

The name Jeep was given to the vehicle by an unknown source, and the speculation varies from a Popeye character to a distribution handle imposed by some clerk who didn’t like writing ‘general purpose vehicle.’

After delivering three thousand jeeps, the government awarded the American Bantam Company a booby-prize, a contract to deliver the little trailers that were a piece of auxiliary equipment for the Jeep.

All of the Jeeps were powered by the Willys four-cylinder, F-head configured, 134 cubic inch displacement,72 hp, water-cooled motor.

American Electric 1899-1902

American Electric Vehicle Company, Chicago, IL.

American Electric Vehicle Company, Hoboken, NJ.

Motor: Electric.

Drivetrain: Motor direct coupled to the axle.

Body Styles: Several, including a four seater with face-to-face seating.

The company moved to New Jersey in 1902 in hopes of finding a more lucrative clientele but to no avail. The company failed during the same year.

American Juvenile

Electric 1907

American Metal Wheel & Automobile Company, Toledo, OH.

Motor: Electric.

Drivetrain: Motor mounted directly to the axle.

Wheels: Bicycle.

Body Styles: One, a two seater for children.

Wheelbase: 3 feet 5 inches.

American Mercedes 1904-07

Daimler Manufacturing Company, Long Island City, NY.

Motor: Four cylinder, 35 hp, 360 cubic inches displacement.

Body Styles: One, a licensed European Mercedes Model 35PS clone.

William Steinway, the famous piano manufacturer, took his first ride in a Daimler motorized quadricycle and was so enamored with this experience that he gained the American rights to the Maybach-engineered Daimler motor.

The first American-Daimler car was built in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1896. Unfortunately, Steinway did not live to witness this occurrence.

This car, in 1905, set a new speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.

American Mors (Standard) 1906-09

St. Louis Motor Car Company, St. Louis, MO.

This company produced three different models from 1906-09. In 1910, they produced a car called the Standard.

American Motor Sleigh 1905

American Motor Sleigh Company.

The American Motor Sleigh ran on ski-like runners that were driven by a spiked wheel that dug into the snow.

American Simplex 1906-10

Simplex Motor Car Company, Mishawaka, IN.

Motor: Four cylinder, two-stroke configured, 40 hp.

Motor: Four cylinder, two-stroke configured, 50 hp, 415 cubic inch displacement.

Body Styles: Five, three open models and two closed models.

This car was renamed the Amplex in 1910. The name change coincided with the company’s reorganization, and it eliminated confusion with the Simplex built in New York.

American Steam Car 1929-31

American Steam Automobile Company, West Newton, MA.

Motor: Steam, double acting, two cylinder.

Drivetrain: Motor direct coupled to the rear axle.

Tires: Pneumatic.

Body Styles: Three, sedan, touring car, and a runabout.

The American Steam Car was the brainchild of Thomas Derr, alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Derr had made an exhaustive study of the Stanley Steamer resulting in what was needed in the modification of the boiler and running gear to vastly improve this automobile.

Derr’s car comprised of off-the-shelf Hudson components. Only the condenser and hubcaps reflected the American name.

American Steamer, 1922-24

American Steam Truck Company, Chicago, IL.

American Steam Truck Company, Elgin, IL.

Motor: Steam, two-cylinder, double-acting compound.

Body Styles: Four, sedans, touring cars, roadsters, and coupes.

The first experimental prototype of this steam car was built in 1918.

The American Steamer could achieve speeds in excess of 60 mph.

Only fifteen of these cars were ever built.

American Tri-Car 1912

Tri-car Company of America, Denver, CO.

Motor: Two cylinder, 13 hp, air-cooled.

Drivetrain: Planetary transmission.

Body Styles: One two-seat tricycle.

The American Tri-Car was a tricycle with a single driven and braking wheel at the rear.

American Underslung 1906-14

American Motor Car Company, Indianapolis, IN.

1906

Standard chassis (as opposed to underslung), motors were Renault-made, four cylinder motors, from 128 cubic inches of displacement to 451.6 cubic inches of displacement.

1907

Underslung chassis were introduced, and motors were the same as those used in 1906.

1908-09

Motor: Four cylinder, 40 hp, by Teeter-Hartley.

Motor: Four cylinder, 50 hp, by Teeter-Hartley.

Body Styles: Several, the most spectacular of which was the two-seat roadsters, and in 1909, the four-seat roadsters.

1910-14

Motor: Six cylinder, 70 hp.

American Waltham,